Pitchers Lucas Long and Tanner Scott and infielders Garabez Rosa, Adrian Marin and Aderlin Rodriguez were voted to the game by fans and team managers. The game will be played at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, New Hampshire.

No team in the Eastern League (EL) has more than five All-Stars this year.

Rosa will play in his third EL All-Star Game while his four Bowie teammates each will appear in their first. The utility infielder, who was recently named to the Baysox All-Time Team, leads the league with 104 hits, is second league-wide with 59 RBI and has a .316 batting average (all stats as of Tuesday).

"I have to thank God because it's hard work to be part of an All-Star Game," Rosa said through a Spanish-language translator. "I keep working hard every single day because I know I can be there (an All-Star Game) every year."

Hess notched his sixth win of the 2017 season on May 27, after going 5-13 in his first full year with Bowie.

Hess said he made a few small mechanical changes...

Talk about a turnaround.

Before the calendar turned to June, Bowie Baysox pitcher David Hess had already surpassed his victory total from 2016.

Hess notched his sixth win of the 2017 season on May 27, after going 5-13 in his first full year with Bowie.

Hess said he made a few small mechanical changes...

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Long has appeared in 20 games in his first season at Double-A and leads the Eastern League with a 1.99 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP (walks plus hits per inning pitched). He has a 5-3 record and four saves, primarily as a reliever, but he's also made four starts and pitched two complete games.

Long said this will be his first all-star appearance at any level of the sport, a clear validation of his work.

"It's pretty cool because I was a later-round pick and I've had to prove myself at every level," said Long, a former 24th-round pick by the Orioles.

First baseman Rodriguez leads the Baysox in home runs (12). Marin is batting .290 with 16 doubles while holding down second base, and Scott has struck out 61 batters in 48 innings.

Fireworks beat the rain

The Baysox' game against the Hartford Yard Goats on Independence Day was suspended after a storm opened up onto the Bowie area around 7:30 and persisted for an hour.

Bowie led Hartford 1-0 halfway through the fourth inning when the rain began. Baysox catcher Audry Perez hit a single and advanced to third on an outfielder's error in the bottom of the third, and the next batter, Stevie Wilkerson, brought him home with a fly-out to left.

The remainder of the game was suspended till Wednesday, but the fireworks display planned for post-game went on at 9:50 p.m. Thousands of fans waited out the delay to see the show, sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

The promotions staff, fronted by tireless on-field emcee Paul Clary Sr. and PA announcer Adrienne Roberson, kept the crowd entertained during the wait with a string of dance challenges for children and T-shirt tosses.

Midseason checkup

The arrival of the All-Star Game also means a three-day break that splits the regular season in half. After Tuesday's games, Bowie is in a tight race with three other teams for first place in the division. At 42-41, the Baysox are just two games behind the first-place Akron RubberDucks (42-37) and one game behind the Altoona Curve (42-39), with the Erie SeaWolves (40-43) a close fourth place.

Altoona previously led the division when they played a four-game set in Bowie at the end of June, but the Baysox swept the series to close the gap in the standings.

"About a month ago we lost nine straight, and no one really hit the panic button, which was kind of cool," Long said. "Everyone stuck to their role, we kept on playing the game and we got hot there for a while."